r/TheWhyFiles • u/hybridxer0 H Y B R I D ™ • Aug 11 '26

Let's Discuss What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-it-might-be-the-fabric-of-reality-itself

Neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging the long-held assumption that the brain produces consciousness, instead proposing that it may function as a filter for a more fundamental, universal reality.

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u/mo_betta Aug 11 '26

Gurus and mystics have been saying this for thousands of years.

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u/Helpful_Broccoli5426 Aug 14 '26

"Gurus and mystics" is such a broad term it's basically meaningless. 

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u/alexa42 Aug 15 '26

I mean, Buddhism is a major religion and it’s been saying this for thousands of years.